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Crinonia.] CXXXVI. ORCHIDE1E. 137<br />
2 calli. Column short thick, foot distinct, curved, attached to<br />
claw of lip, hood very flat. Anther flat; pollinia 4 obovate.<br />
Species 4, Malayan.<br />
Leaves linear acununate.<br />
Pseudobulbs elhpsoid globose .. (I) C. carnea<br />
Pseudobulbs elongate cylindric; flowers white (2) C. Elizabethiana<br />
Leaves lanceolate<br />
Pseudo bulbs cylindric; flowers pink (3) C. parviflora<br />
(I) C. carnea Bl. Bijdr. 339; P(itzer, P/fanzenr. 135, fig. 46,<br />
A.B. Pholidota carnea Lindt. Gen. and Sp. Orch. Pl. 37.<br />
Rhizome branches elongate; pseudo bulbs parallel to it thick<br />
oblong or ovate, I'5 in. long, tips upturned. Leaves narrow linear,<br />
3 in. long, '12 in. wide; petioles slender, '5 in. long. Scape slender,<br />
3 in. long; flowers distant, '15 in. across, flesh colour. Sepals<br />
ovate sub-acute. Petals shorter, broad blunt. Lip as long saccate,<br />
claw short, obscurely 3-lobed. Hab. Mountains at high altitudes.<br />
Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong<br />
Kerbau at 4200 ft. altitude (Robinson); Gunong Inas (Yapp).<br />
Distrib. Sumatra, Java.<br />
(2) C. Elizabethiana Ridl. Pholidota Elizabethiana Rldl.<br />
Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 181.<br />
Rhizome 6 in. long, woody; pseudobulbs elongate cylindric,<br />
2 in. long. Leaves linear narrowed at top and long narrowed at<br />
base, 9 in. long, '25 in. wide. Scapes 4 to 5 in. long. Flowers<br />
many distichous small whIte. Bracts '12 in. long. Ovary and<br />
pedicel '1 in. long. Upper sepal lanceolate, lower gibbous at base<br />
keeled. Petals oblong or ovate-oblong. Lip, base cymbiform with<br />
short blunt lobes, midlobe sub-orbicular crisp, obscurely 3-lobed,<br />
with 2 semi-linear fleshy ridges between side lobes. Column short,<br />
and broad, arms tooth-like. Hab. High mountains. Pahang,<br />
Gunong Tahan at 7IOO ft. altitude; Gunong DIu Riang at 6000 ft.<br />
altitude (Ridley).<br />
(3) C. parviflora Pjitzer, Pllanzenr. I36. Pholidota parviflora<br />
Hook. Ie. Pl. I89I; Ridl. Mat. 135. Ph. micrantha Hook. /il.<br />
F.B.I. v. 847.<br />
Rhizome thick; pseudobulbs cylindric or ovoid, I to 1'5 in.<br />
long. Leaves elliptic-Ianceolate acute, 1'5 to 3 in. long, '5 in.<br />
wide or more. Scape slender flexuous, 5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate.<br />
F,lowers 'I2 in. wide, about. 35. Sepals ovate or ovateoblong<br />
acute. Petals smaller, all greenish pink turning pink.<br />
Lip boat-shaped, limb ovate, greenish white yellow with one or a<br />
double callus on centre, a raw sienna line in front. Column red.<br />
Capsule '25 in. lpng. Hab. Mountains, Pahang, Gunong Tahan at<br />
7000 ft. altitude (Robinson); Telom. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Derry,<br />
Long) ; GunQng Kerbau (Robinson); Chabang (Scortechini).<br />
Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss).<br />
var. pwntla Ridl. Pseudobulbs crowded conic oblong, '5 in.
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